git

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See also: GIT, Git, and gît

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.[1]

Noun[edit]

git (plural gits)

  1. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).
    • 1968, John Lennon (lyrics), “I'm So Tired”, in The Beatles, performed by the Beatles:
      Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette / And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git
    • 1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1:
      Bit of a flash git, don't you think?
    • 2007, Greg Weston, The Man Upstairs, →ISBN, page 124:
      Eventually God gives the donkey a voice and it says, "why're you beating me you great stupid git? It's the angel with the sword that you gotta be careful of," or words to that effect.
    • 2000 December 18, BBC and Bafta Tribute to Michael Caine, 16:43–17:05:
      Parkinson: You made films before, but the part that really made your name was Zulu, wasn't it […] and there of course—against type—you played the toff, you played the officer.
      Caine: I played the officer, yeah, and everybody thought I was like that. Everyone was so shocked when they met me, this like Cockney guy had played this toffee-nosed git.
    • 2020 December 16, Christian Wolmar, “Coverage of little-used stations does the railway no favours”, in Rail, page 45:
      I'm not being a miserable old git here. I like a laugh as much as anyone, [...].
Usage notes[edit]
  • Git is usually used as an insult, more severe than twit but less severe than a true profanity like wanker or arsehole, and may often be used affectionately between friends. Get can also be used, with a subtle change of meaning. "You cheeky get!" is slightly less harsh than "You cheeky git!".
  • Git is frequently used in conjunction with another word to achieve a more specific meaning. For instance a "smarmy git" refers to a person of a slimy, ingratiating disposition; a "jammy git" would be a person with undeserved luck. The phrase "grumpy old git", denoting a cantankerous old man, is used with particular frequency.
  • In parts of northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, get is still used in preference to git. In the Republic of Ireland, get, rather than git is used.
  • The word has been ruled by the Speaker of the House of Commons to be unparliamentary language.[2][3]
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

git (third-person singular simple present gitting, present participle got, simple past and past participle gotten)

  1. (Appalachia, Southern US, African-American Vernacular) To get, begone.
  2. (Appalachia, Southern US, African-American Vernacular) To get (leave; scram; begone).
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

git (plural gits)

  1. Alternative form of geat (channel in metal casting)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “git”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Geoffrey Hughes (2006) An encyclopedia of swearing‎[1], →ISBN, page 477
  3. ^ M. Hunt, Alison Maloney (2006) Joy of Swearing‎[2], →ISBN

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French jet, or directly from Latin gagātēs after Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”).

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Noun[edit]

git n or f (plural gitten, diminutive gitje n)

  1. (neuter) lignite
  2. (neuter) jet (black, gemstone-like geological material)
  3. (masculine) a stone made of this material

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

git

  1. post-1990 spelling of gît (third-person singular present indicative of gésir)

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Hebrew גַּד‎ (gad) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

git n (indeclinable)

  1. A plant (Nigella sativa), variously named black cumin, Roman coriander, or melanthion.

References[edit]

  • “git”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • git in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • my mind forebodes misfortune: animus praesāgit malum

Old English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *jit, with the *i leveled in from *wit. Further from Proto-Germanic *jut. Cognate with North Frisian jat.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ġit

  1. (the second-person dual nominative) you two
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 20:22
      Þā andswarode him sē Hǣlend: "Ġit nyton hwæs ġit biddaþ."
      Then Jesus answered them: "You two don't know what you're asking for."
Declension[edit]
Old English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular first person iċ mec, mē mē mīn
second person þū þec, þē þē þīn
third person neuter hit him his
masculine hē hine
feminine hēo hīe hiere
dual first person wit uncit unc uncer
second person ġit incit inc incer
plural first person wē ūsic ūs ūser, ūre
second person ġē ēowic ēow ēower
third person hīe him heora


Descendants[edit]
  • Middle English: ȝit, ȝitt, ȝet

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ġīt

  1. Alternative form of ġīet

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *jit, from Proto-Germanic *jut, remodeled in Proto-Northwest Germanic to *jit by analogy with *wit.

Pronoun[edit]

git

  1. You two; nominative dual of thū

Declension[edit]

Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero, unka

inker, inka

- - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Yiddish גוט‎ (gut), from Old High German guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

git (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) just right
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

Adverb[edit]

git (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) there you go
    Synonyms: fajnie, gitara, gites

Interjection[edit]

git

  1. (colloquial) excellent!

Noun[edit]

git m pers

  1. (prison slang) member of a prison subculture that occupies the highest position in the internal hierarchy

Declension[edit]

Declension of git
singular plural
nominative git gici/gity (depreciative)
genitive gita gitów
dative gitowi gitom
accusative gita gitów
instrumental gitem gitami
locative gicie gitach
vocative gicie gici

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives
nouns

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adjective
adverbs

Further reading[edit]

  • git in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • git in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rohingya[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

git

  1. song

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡit/
  • Hyphenation: git

Verb[edit]

git

  1. second-person singular imperative of gitmek

Vilamovian[edit]

Noun[edit]

git f

  1. goodness

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

git (nominative plural gits)

  1. law (body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards)

Declension[edit]

declension of git
singular plural
nominative git gits
genitive gita gitas
dative gite gites
accusative giti gitis
vocative 1 o git! o gits!
predicative 2 gitu gitus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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